The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-08

ROAST PORK
= nlllion 80 Qasrses Isessav flre -
chicago-Ths vis'ble suppiv ~ Hoe Meat
Materially Lessensa ~ tho unrning -
rhii Armear's 1nmeass Packing Est.s.
l1shment-
CHIcAoo. June .7-A million and q
quarter dollars went up In smoke ~ the
Union stock-yards yesterday. Early In
tho morning one Of tho employees of tho
Chicago Packing q Provision Company
discovered nre IN tho tank-room. In .
few minutes one Of the tanks exploded
scattering burning lard over the adjacent
buildings. and dozen separate hres were
soon rivaling each other In tho destruc-
tion of the immonse esta bilshmont
| Though tho IRE was struck out in the
evening. fourteen and one-fourth hours
| after II started. tho smon 'dering cmbcrs
| continued 20 laden the air with the fumes
| Of roast pork, and nyo-acre oven will re-
| main on the premises red rot for al least
a couple Of days. The Chicago Packing
| 4 Provision Company's works occupy
| about six acres Of ground, but tho dro
| was kept within the district bounded by
| Fortieth street, Center avenue. Forty
second street and the railroads tracks,
block west OF Center avenue This ter
rltory containeu iour large punainke-
Inc main puiiuing was SVxs'o ieet.
IN 2 portion OF the killing was aone'
ana the hanging cutting. paeNlns'
curing ana otner work 'nciaentai 20
slaughtering establishment. Except tho
curing-room, in which were l9,c6J,0O
pounds Of short ribs, the main building
and it, contents are total loss Tho
curing-room. l00x1 30 feet and four stories
high. Lost its roof. but the stone hfc-walls
saved ~ contents portion OF them ~
roasAu coneiuon- IN me eas, sue % sno
maiu ouAains Wa ING warenouses
iS'AfV ieeL Win Tour stories ana
oasement Inc TWO upper n,ors
~ tne south eno were USED ior Ill
ing purposes IN tne warehouse We're
sevenoeen Thousand barrels o. mess PORK
oc.onk'ns 70 armour 9 20. INC ouiiun s
ne mecn % me Pork was wnony ~
s.royeu- ADou. snreo .nousanu i've noEs
were - me ou'lu'ng wnen sne nre se.r
su' ~. tne 81" Pany sen ployo q su.eoeueu
eettng snem on. netween SIX nun.
u u,'1 snu seven nunu ren nvss we1o ourne'
snvo - ING oulluins- Daek q ,ne main
uu'oink was t'e ierun1sr Iactory' one
nundrea Ieet square, ana tne engine
mousse ooxoo ieet. botn structures weTe
burned completeiy.
Inc TACT tnat no vino was p.o"ins
when the IRE started was probably the
only circumstance that saved the entire
stock yards from destruction. No per-
son seems TO know the origin Of the hrc-
Several people saw the blaze stimuli
taneously as II went through the roof OF
the tank house The flames began 70
rapidly eat their way directly across
the main building. Though tho dre
department was quickly at the
scene, the hre had gained +
Q volume that no amount Of water could
reduce. Huge sweeping circles Of flames
went whirling upward with roar that
could be heard FOR blocks Twenty en-
gines and every reservoir In the ward was
soon brought into play All efforts 81 the
nremen and hundreds 81 stock-yaris en-
ployes were bent toward keeping the con-
n'gration confined 20 the works ~ the
Chicago Company. II was az this junct-
ure. while one little squad Of hrcmen
were standing IN freight car playing on
the burning tank-room- the tanks ex-
piodeu. = neavy oeam smashed tnrourn
.ne rooI OF tne car, SMASHING fipeman
nakers ankle ana knocking Lieutenant
& i.ou UNCONSCIOUS. soon aIterward tne
walls o tne warehouse tumoiea 70 the
grouhu, a'.cios,ne great neaps 81 mess
pork. ~ armour immediateiv SCI
lwo nun1 rea men a work removing me
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